Powder Dump on Okanagan Valley

Powder Dump on Okanagan Valley

While folks in the Okanagan are bracing for the continuing winter storm, mountain resorts are celebrating an outstanding powder day. Silver Star Mountain is digging out from 35 cm in the last 24 hours and Big White Ski Resort from 36 cm. South in Penticton, Apex is...
Kelowna Rockets join Team Canada roster

Kelowna Rockets join Team Canada roster

Team Canada’s defense at this year’s World Junior Hockey Championships has a definite Kelowna Rockets flavour with Rockets captain Madison Bowey and newly acquired D-man Josh Morrissey named to Team Canada’s entry at the 2015 World Junior Hockey Championships....
Sheldon Kennedy appointed to Order of Canada

Sheldon Kennedy appointed to Order of Canada

His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, announced today that Sheldon Kennedy has been named a Member of the Order of Canada for “his courageous leadership in raising awareness of childhood sexual abuse and his continued efforts...
Local skiers love affair

Local skiers love affair

The love affair between Silver Star and local skiers and boarders continued for the third year in a row, as it was recently announced that Silver Star Mountain Resort had won the Best of the Okanagan Readers’ Choice Award from Okanagan Life Magazine for Best Ski...
Icy plunge to support United Way

Icy plunge to support United Way

Michael Shakespeare, associate vice-president of finance and operations at UBC Okanagan, will jump into Lake Okanagan on January 19, 2015, if the campus reaches its $57,000 United Way campaign goal before campaign end on December 31, 2014. Since October 6 the campus...